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On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
Don't tell me they don't want to do their job. If a Federal agency doesn't want to do its job, then perhaps we will have that discussion, but this is their job.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess defends the role of federal agencies in ensuring laboratory test accuracy.

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